The Stanley presents a double feature screening in collaboration with FilmScene. Head over to The Chauncey to watch back-to-back screenings of A Dessert for Constance and Towards Tenderness, both films touch on the subject of masculinity and the lives of African immigrants in France.

Reserve your tickets here. Evening screening is Pay What You Can.

This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26...

The Lives of Others / Das Leben der Anderen (2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck). 137 min.

Join us for a fungi-filled day of discovery at the Museum of Natural History! We’ve partnered with the Prairie States Mushroom Club to celebrate the fascinating world of mushrooms right here in Iowa and beyond.

Be the first to explore our brand-new Mushroom Activity Booklet, a foldout zine packed with hands-on fun for all ages. Use it to search high and low during an indoor mushroom scavenger hunt, spotting the shrooms tucked into exhibits and dioramas throughout the museum galleries. The booklet...

A Community Collaborations Event

Presented in partnership with the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, with a portion of ticket proceeds going to The Center to Protect Journalists

Pre-screening there will be short films produced by Go Forth Media with filmmaker Andrew Freer in conversation

Please join us for a community collaboration with FilmScene on April 1 at 6:30 p.m. Andrew Freer, founder of Chicago based Go Fourth Media, will share some of the organization's recent documentary work...

Before Night Falls (2000, Julian Schnabel). 133 min.

The Stanley presents a Pay What You Can screening of the independent film, Chameleon Street, in collaboration with FilmScene. Arrive at 6:15pm for a pre-screening meal and stay after for a post-screening discussion.

Reserve your tickets here.

This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26, 2026.

CHAMELEON STREET
(1989, Comedy, Drama, 94 min) Dir. Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize...

Join us for an evening of short films and community conversation exploring movements to protect water, land, and community.

The program will feature a curated selection of short films highlighting water protection movements in the Midwest, and beyond. Following the screenings, Dakota elder and historian Tim Mentz Sr. and Sikowis Nobiss, Cree-Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan and the founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will participate in a...

The Handmaid’s Tale (1990, Volker Schlöndorff). 109 min.

12 Years a Slave (2013, Steve McQueen). 134 min.

The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo). 121 min.

Network (1976, Sidney Lumet). 121 min.

A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan). 125 min.